MAUREEN BLACK

The brain architecture starts very early following conception, starting prenatally and extending through adolescence. If you look at what’s happening in terms of brain development during the first thousand days, it’s an incredibly active time. It’s a time of both vulnerability and opportunity. If we think about the environment preconception, during pregnancy, and during early infancy, what we have are opportunities to influence the genetic blueprint that wind up influencing health, learning, and behavior throughout life.